USPTO Patents Application 10566512

APPLICATION NUMBER I FILIN ^ ° r 371 (c) I GRP ART UNIT I FIL FEE REC'D ATTY. DOCKET. NO I TOT CLAIMS I IND CLAIMS

10/566,512 07/11/2006 2626 1030 DE030269 9 1

CONFIRMATION NO. 7317

Philips Electronics North America Corporation FILING RECEIPT

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Applicant(s)

Thomas Portele, Bonn, GERMANY;
Frank Thiele, Aachen, GERMANY;

Power of Attorney:

David Barnes-47407

Domestic Priority data as claimed by applicant

This application is a 371 of PCT/IB04/51284 07/22/2004
Foreign Applications

EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) 03102402.9 08/01/2003

If Required, Foreign Filing License Granted: 03/10/2007

The country code and number of your priority application, to be used for filing abroad under the Paris Convention, is
US1 0/566,51 2

Projected Publication Date: 06/21/2007
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Title

Method for driving a dialog system
Preliminary Class

704

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